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...intifada: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former President Bill Clinton made Palestinian Authority (PA) Chair Yassir Arafat the most generous offer possible, but Arafat nevertheless turned it down. They offered him control over most of Arab East Jerusalem and over 90 percent of the West Bank and Gaza. But Arafat was not willing to settle for all of this. Instead, just when the two sides were on the verge of a historic compromise, he opted for war. Coupled with the Palestinian leader’s past record (for example, his failure to crack down on the Hamas...
...picture was not as bright in the West Bank and Gaza. Several factors combined to assure that poor living conditions would persist there: Palestinians remained largely dependent on Israeli markets for work, Israel imposed strict limitations on access to these markets and foreign investors (both Western and from the Arab world) were too hesitant in opening their coffers in order to allow for the creation of a local economic infrastructure...
...carried a front page analysis predicting problems: "[The Palestinians'] ill-disguised discomfort was due to the concrete demands Powell made on them to bring about [an end to the intifada] compared to the vagueness he wanted from Israel to move to [end its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza]." Israeli raids into Palestinian territories and new housing construction in settlements continued even after Powell's speech calling for an end to such practices. "Faced with these realities, Arafat can no more 'stop' the Intifada than roll back the tide with a stick," the paper warned...
Last Friday, the class watched “Gaza Strip,” a documentary about elementary-school boys who wish to die as martyrs for Palestine. In disturbing detail, the film portrayed young children being massacred by exploding bombs...
...does not admit to endorsing an agenda, it clearly subscribes to one. The ruminations of the United Nations, on their own, is hardly a balanced account of events. Neither is juxtaposing a moderate line-tugger with a vehement pro-Palestinian, or showing a gory documentary of life in Gaza without an accompanying video depicting the savage terrorism committed against Israelis...